So they were a people, when they changed the state of their hearts

Imaam ash-Shaafi`ee once said:
I complained to Wakee` about my poor memory.So he advised me to abandon disobedience.and he said, ‘know that knowledge is light.And the light of Allaah is not bestowed upon a disobedient.


Ali Ibn Abi Talib said:
قال علي بن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه: ليس الزهد ألا تملك شيئًا، ولكن الزهد ألا يملكك شيء

“Asceticism [zuhd] is not that you should own nothing, but that nothing should own you”.["Hadhihi Hiya Zawjati", ].


Imam Al-Safarini writes:

وفي فروع الإمام ابن مفلح : حدث رجل للإمام أحمد ما قيل : العافية عشرة أجزاء تسعة منها في التغافل ، فقال الإمام أحمد رضي الله عنه : العافية عشرة أجزاء كلها في التغافل

“A man said to Imam Ahmad: “A state of well-being is achieved through ten, and nine of them are overlooking people’s faults”. Imam Ahmad then said: “Rather, a state of well-being is achieved through ten, and ten of them are overlooking people’s faults”.
["Ghidha Al-Albab", ].

Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali writes:

عقب ابن رجب رحمه الله : فهؤلاء القوم لما صلحت قلوبهم ، فلم يبق فيها إرادة لغير الله عز وجل ، صلحت جوارحهم ، فلم تتحرك إلا لله عز وجل ، وبما فيه رضاه

“So they were a people, when they changed the state of their hearts, they did not do anything except for the sake of Allaah. The actions of their limbs also changed for the better, for they did not move, except for the sake of Allaah and except for the pleasure of Allaah”.
["Jami Uloom Wal Hikam", 86].